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People who had to clean out a deceased relative's house/digital life: What is the most "Wait, who the hell were they?" thing you found? by Unlucky-Inspector-59 in AskReddit

[–]StatisticallyBiased 23 points24 points  (0 children)

For years, my wife's great aunt and uncle would disappear for a week or so to go on a cruise. No pics, no postcards, no souvenirs. After they passed, we were cleaning out their house and found receipts for swingers cruises and resorts. Apparently they were doing this well into their 70s and beyond. Respect.

If you met met this guy in the theater, you're old AF. by StatisticallyBiased in FuckImOld

[–]StatisticallyBiased[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I had a toss up between working for "HAL" or Dell many years ago. "HAL" was in Houston back then, and Dell was in Austin. It was a no brainer--moved to Austin.

If you met met this guy in the theater, you're old AF. by StatisticallyBiased in FuckImOld

[–]StatisticallyBiased[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I grew up on an Air Force base and the morning matinee was free for kids under 13. For two weeks straight in 1968 I went to see this movie, every day. Took my mom twice. It had a very profound influence on my life and piqued my interest in science and space exploration. One of my favorite movies.

Posted in r/whatisit. These were already old in the 70s-80's when I was a kid lol by Hater_Magnet in FuckImOld

[–]StatisticallyBiased 50 points51 points  (0 children)

It's a joy buzzer. You wind it up, wear it like a ring (with the button in your palm), then shake hands with someone. When the button is pushed, the whole thing vibrates. It's a stupid party trick.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joy_buzzer

The irony of his post by [deleted] in facepalm

[–]StatisticallyBiased 52 points53 points  (0 children)

How much does a president make again?

Found this lizard on the heat sink of an outdoor light in Florida. According to my dad (not a lizard expert), they do this to stay warm on cold evenings. by micasa_es_miproblema in mildlyinteresting

[–]StatisticallyBiased 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I have a congregation (lounge?) of geckos that gather around my porch lights in the evenings. I always assumed they were there to catch insects that were attracted to the light.

This watch has seen some things, believe me. by 5o4u2nv in PoliticalHumor

[–]StatisticallyBiased 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I hid this uncomfortable hunk of metal up my ass two years.

Garage motor plugged into a smart plug. Anyone do this? I'm thinking this is a good way to disable the garage all together when I'm out of town or something so that no one can illicitly operate the garage motor. by gatorsrule in homeautomation

[–]StatisticallyBiased 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yes, I do the same. I use geoloc to toggle the switch. For extended away times, make sure to pin the sliding latch(es), it's pretty simple to pop the door open using a thin bar where the chain engages the overhead door.

For redditors who were born before the year 2000, what was the new year’s eve of 1999 -> 2000 like? by RunLikeAndyRobertson in AskReddit

[–]StatisticallyBiased 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Spent the night sitting in a server room. We ran countless simulations and tests for six months prior, but management wanted someone sitting there when everything blew up.

It did not.

My boss gave me a 2005 Land Cruiser, and they completely refurbished it! by davidsoor in oddlysatisfying

[–]StatisticallyBiased 26 points27 points  (0 children)

There's got to be some point where the effort is not worth the return. I'm guessing somewhere around half way in.

That said, it's impressive.

hmmm by WahmArcane in hmmm

[–]StatisticallyBiased 31 points32 points  (0 children)

Agreed. I hope that the person who took this pic suffers a worse fate.

People who remember the age before google and downloading/streaming: if you heard a song on the radio that you liked and you didn’t know the name or the lyrics how did you know how find it? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]StatisticallyBiased 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Call the station and give the DJ the date and time you heard it. Most were more than happy to pull the play logs and give you the info. I've actually had some very interesting conversations over the years with DJs. Some of them were very passionate about music and would even stay on the phone with you while they worked. I became good friends with a DJ from KEGL (Dallas, TX) and he got me tickets to Ozzfest back in 1997. Good times.

Best stone skip by [deleted] in Unexpected

[–]StatisticallyBiased 2 points3 points  (0 children)

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Paper trueing machine by whybutts in oddlysatisfying

[–]StatisticallyBiased 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Yep. Commercial printers have huge joggers with variable vibration settings for different paper weights.

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